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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>350378</law_id><section_number>18.2-165</section_number><catch_line>Unlawful use of, or injury to, television or radio signals and equipment</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="52" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="5">Crimes Against Property</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="10" identifier="8">Offenses Relating to Railroads and Other Utilities</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person who shall willfully or maliciously break, injure or otherwise destroy or damage any of the posts, wires, towers or other <span class="dictionary">materials</span> or fixtures employed in the construction or use of any line of a television coaxial cable, or a microwave radio system, or willfully or maliciously interfere with such structure so erected, or in any way attempt to lead from its uses or make use of the electrical signal or any portion thereof properly belonging to or in use or in readiness to be made use of for the purpose of using said electrical signal from any television coaxial cable company or microwave system or owner of such property, shall be guilty of a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-157; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
